Unlike the murderous American regime, Chinese airport security don't put their hands inside the panties of passengers.
Only despotic fascist regimes do that.

Americans are sick animals.

1:53 am December 14, 2012

Cleo Han wrote:

When will China have elections? As a citizen of China, don't I have the right to choose my country's government heads?

4:58 am December 14, 2012

DF41 wrote:

Refusing to serve food? Why don't they just stay home? Then Cathay can hire new stewardesses who do want to work, and the issue will be solved.

9:47 am December 14, 2012

pug_ster wrote:

Cathay Pacific stewardess not smiling? This is the norm when you fly any American Airlines. I fly Cathay Pacific any day over any American Airlines.

6:11 pm December 14, 2012

S L wrote:

Quality of service on Cathay Pacific has suffered with the booking with American Airlines, the flights are very full.

In fact, on a flight from SFO-HKG in Sept., the service showed a great lacking.

SQ is the best!

6:44 pm December 14, 2012

rtj wrote:

behold everyone, the comments deviate from the main topic and become a competition of insulting other countries... this kind of heated irrelevant unhealthy argument won't solve any problem, it will just create more headaches... stop it, be a more open minded and well-mannered citizen...

as for the salary problem... demanding higher salaries that what the company can afford can kill the company's bottom line and eventually both employer and employees will suffer...airline industry is a tough business, even a company as fine as Cathay Pacific is not making any money... so be thankful that your company was still willing to increase your salary by 2%... and be thankful that your company is not laying off anyone when business is tough (just look at the number of bankers who have been laid off)...

when business is back to normal again and your company can start making money, you can try to negotiate again.... refusing to smile and serve foods will not help you, your company and us, the passengers....

11:45 pm December 14, 2012

Bob wrote:

Maybe it's true that the Chinese schools are much better than the US. In my ignorance, I think the airline is offering more money on an annual basis than a 5% raise. Isn't one month's pay equal to 8.3%? The article says the airline is offering 2% plus a month's pay. Darned good from a company that is losing money. Once the profits return, the base pay can be adjusted to catch up to inflation.

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